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| Update All of the sets from 1984 and 1985 have now been added, including the first pneumatics! Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Nice Work! I can't wait till you get to the really interesting 80's sets: the Arctic sets, the 8865 Test Car, 8855 Prop Plane, the 8852 transformer robot, and the 8862 Backhole Loader! (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) All of the remaining categories and comparisons have now been added including: Excavators, Backhoes, 4x4's, Fire Trucks, Big Rigs, Combines, Airplanes, Watercraft, Arctic Action Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (16 years ago, 21-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| I must say I this site is excellent. I'm really looking forward to seeing more, particularly from 1988-1996. It must take a lot of hard work to do all this and it is very greatly appreciated. To me technic has always been lego's flagship line of (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| In lugnet.technic, Eric Albrecht wrote: Update At long last, I have completed 1986 and all 8 sets which showed up that year. This is the longest I have taken to complete a year of set documentation, so I hope it is worth it! Enjoy. Eric (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| I have to say that's an absolutely amazing site! Fascinating stuff, I have it bookmarked and I'm looking forward to the rest of your updates! :-) (16 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| Update I have added the sets from 1987 and 1988 including 8832, 8852, 8853, 8855, and 8865. Enjoy. Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (16 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Always a delight to browse! I especially like Benjamin's LDraw mechanical drawings... What about linking to these LDraw files, it would help to grasp more complex mechanisms such as 8865 gearbox (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) It's nice to see the old Technic sets again. Of the first ten years I think I have almost all Technic sets because then it was new and inspiring. Later on it became less interesting because the sets weren't real life anymore. I was always (...) (16 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks, I had been corresponding with Benjamin and mentioned that making the Ldraw files takes longer than everything else I do to write Technicopedia. He graciously offered to make a few files for me which really helped out. They are not full (...) (16 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Humm,... it sounds interesting what you are talking about. Can you link to Benjamin's website to see that LDraw models? I've looked for, but didn't found it... Eric, I love your idea to use animated gif photos, to show the mechanisms working! (...) (16 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Update All of the sets from 1989 are now added, including 8024, 8034, 8044, 8054, 8835, 8854, and the venerable 8862. Over 500 photographs were taken to cover this year, including the animations. Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (16 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| At long last, I have completed the year 1990 and added it to (URL) Technicopedia>. Sets 8064, 8094, 8825, 8830, 8840, and 8850 have been added. It has been 7 months since the last update. (URL) Eric Albrecht (16 years ago, 16-Oct-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX) !!
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| (...) Always appreciated when it arrives! Philo (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Fantastic news! I'm really glad you're still going with this :-) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| Thank you very much for the flash back into time. I grew up on Technic / Expert Builder, but have stored it all away. Very exciting to see it again! Great work! Thanks, Scott (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| Good news everyone! I have now added the sets from 1991 to Technicopedia including 8074, 8810, 8815, 8820, 8838, and 8856. (URL) You'll notice some other changes as well. Firstly, I have a new logo which is now rendered in 3D. The logo on the title (...) (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Nice! One minor 'complaint' though: IMO, the 360 animations are rotating too fast, so it's difficult to really see any details. The super thing would be to have a controllable 360 rotation, so I could stop at any angle and look closer. I don't (...) (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I wanted the animation to look smooth, and they look jerky if I use less than about 20 frames per second. I also needed to limit the number of frames to something that would produce a reasonable file size, at the same time not taking forever (...) (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) You might also consider PTviewer. It is a java applet, so no plugin to install. See an example of use here: (URL) version of applet is available here: (URL) (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Understood, it's just that I thought: When we *have* a 360 view, it would be nice to be able to look at it in my own time :-) (...) I like it. Of course it's small but as it can be stopped, it's still giving much more information than the free (...) (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) OK, round 3. The black background is just due to the fact that I rendered it with an alpha channel so it is transparent. My animation software made this black by default, but it is easy to change. So with that in mind.... I've made a new one (...) (16 years ago, 14-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Eric. Love the work you've put in so far, and I'd like to help out. If you give me some set numbers for which you don't have LDraw files, I'd be willing to put some time in and draw them up, provided the Peeron instructions scans are available (...) (16 years ago, 14-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Wohoo! Almost as good as having the real model! I realize it's too much work and bandwith, to realistically use it on every model, but it can definitely be a bonus link on some of them! (16 years ago, 14-Dec-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| I have now added the sets from 1992 to Technicopedia including 8826, 8828, 8836, 8837, 8839, and the great 8868. 8868 was a tremendous amount of work, but I hope you'll agree that it was worth it. (URL) I've also added lots more rendered revolving (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Great Work Eric ! 1992 was the first year of my dark ages and i've been trying to acquire these kits for some time now. Your work gives me insight into the mechanics of this fantastic period of Technic. Steve (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Well worth it! Any chance we'll see 8062 soon? It's a personal fave... :-) (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) 8062 will be included in the 1994 update. Not long now! (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Hello Eric, "The compressor pump has the same basic body and piston as the actuator (snip). This fantastic system was used only once, a tragedy which has no logical explanation." There is another use of motorized pump in this RCX supplementary set: (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Wow! I think 'tremendous lot of work' might be an understatement. This seems like a very nice model, and you have really presented it well. (...) Well, it made it to my desktop at least. It's over a year since I changed background, but this is (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Get used to changing your desktop more often: (URL) If you go up to the higher level directories, you'll end up changing your desktop every day! Eric (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Interesting point. Eric, Do you intend on providing information for the Robotics themes ? If i recall correctly, you've done DACTA. what about: supplimentary packs bionicle racers racers/ferrari Discovery I don't want to overburdon you but (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) At the moment, I don't intend to cover any of the above except the racers which are clearly Technic. I'd like to go back and do the supplemental packs at some point. Bionicle is right out. There was only one Discovery set which I'd call (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Philo, I have the 3800 Ultimate Builders xpak and I browsed all the models and modules on the CD and could not find one that uses an motorized pneumatic compressor; granted I have not built any of the models yet, but can you direct me to (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Nevermind, saw the pen plotter (final model) movie again and noticed that it uses it. (15 years ago, 16-Jan-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| I have now added the sets from 1993 to Technicopedia including 8022, 8042, 8082, 8818, 8824, 8857, and 8872. (URL) Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (URL) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Eric, awesome update. It's no wonder that I only have three technic universal sets in my collection - and one of these was a gift, 8020. The other two are 8082, along with 8456, the fiber optic set from 1996, which I consider a universal (...) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) I no longer have a proofreader, so please feel free to let me know where you've found errors and I'll correct them. Just send me a personal email. I feel the same about the universal sets. I find that 8062, 8082, and 8094 are very good. The (...) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Agreed. 8479 while having 4 models has a one clear "main" model. 8485 in my mind, has two main models and one alternate model. But neither are universal sets. 8094 is a universal set, in my line of thinking. (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. I've posted the 1994 update to Technicopedia. I processed over 1000 pictures for the 8880 page alone. Enjoy. Includes 1994 with sets 8032, 8062, 8808, 8812, 8816, 8829, 8858, and 8880. Adds pictures (...) (15 years ago, 3-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| (...) As usual an excellent job. Thank you and keep it up! Jetro (15 years ago, 3-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| YUMMY!!!! I love the Technopedia Web Site! You did a lot of work, for sure. Please accept my sincere thanks for the work you did on the 8880 page. You rock! Its been so long since I built that set, I hardly remember some of the construction goodies. (...) (15 years ago, 3-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) A minor MINOR quibble with the 8880 page, the hubs and tires were actually used in *two* other sets, rather than just one. Very much enjoyed your text and images, though. VERY nicely done. -- joshua (15 years ago, 4-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Really good pages. I spent almost half an hour reading about 8880 - and I own the set! (15 years ago, 4-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Great job. Loved it. (15 years ago, 5-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Great job. Loved it. (15 years ago, 5-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) The other model is not a Technic model. (15 years ago, 5-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! I don't think anyone has ever called my work yummy before. Way to differentiate yourself. ;-) (15 years ago, 7-Sep-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| I've just posted a new update to (URL). This is an unusual update in that it does not add any new years of models (although I am working on 1995). Instead it makes a number of improvements to existing information. Reformatted some older pages to (...) (14 years ago, 28-Jan-10, to lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| (...) Fantastic work as always! (14 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Major Update I've just finished posting a major update to (URL) Technicopedia> which adds 1995 and introduces several new features. Includes 1995 with sets 8210, 8225, 8235, 8280, 8412, 8422, 8440, 8460, and 8485. For the years 1977 and 1978, I've (...) (14 years ago, 23-Jun-10, to lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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